Trump picked the conservative judge to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has cast many swing votes, in an effort to move the court to the right. Praise and criticism was issued along party lines.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said on Twitter that Kavanaugh was a good selection.

“Brett Kavanaugh is an exemplary choice for the United States Supreme Court. I am more than confident @realDonaldTrump chose the right person to replace Justice Kennedy. I call on my colleagues in the Senate to confirm him as expeditiously as possible,” said Issa, a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Rep. Susan Davis, D-San Diego, did not provide an opinion on the nomination, but said on Twitter that Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, should forego considering Kavanaugh, much like the Senate did in 2016 after then-President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia, who had died.

“Leader McConnell should apply his own rule to this nominee and allow the American people to have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. #WhatsAtStake,” Davis Tweeted.

The three other House members from San Diego did not immediately comment about the nomination.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, issued a statement.

“Judge Brett Kavanaugh represents a direct and fundamental threat to that promise of equality and so I will oppose his nomination to the Supreme Court,” she said. “Specifically, as a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy, his nomination presents an existential threat to the health care of hundreds of millions of Americans.”

Harris, a potential candidate for president in 2020, sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the body that vets and questions judicial nominations.

She said that the president, when campaigning in 2016, said he would nominate potential justices that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion and released a list of contenders for the Supreme Court that included Kavanaugh.

“Judge Kavanaugh has consistently proven to be a conservative ideologue instead of a mainstream jurist. As recently as last year, he disregarded Supreme Court precedent and opposed the health care rights of a vulnerable young woman. That ruling was overturned by a sitting of all the judges on his court,” Harris said.

Mike Levin, a Democrat running to replace Issa in the 49th Congressional District, said that Trump seemed to pick a justice who would protect him if he ever got into legal trouble.

“Ever mindful of his self-interest, Trump has picked Brett Kavanaugh, who once wrote that he didn’t believe a sitting President should be subject to criminal investigation or prosecution,” Levin tweeted. “Kavanaugh could be deciding vote on legal challenges to the Mueller investigation.”

Levin’s opponent in the general election, Board of Equalization Member Diane Harkey, did not weigh in on on the selection.